Improvement in window-cornices



' T. H. DlBBLE.

Window Gornice.

No. 161,869, I Pat entedApril13J 875.

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THEODORE H. DIBBLE, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN WINDOW-CORNICES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 161,869, dated April 13, 1875; application filed January 18, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE H. DIBBLE, of Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented a Window- (Jornice and Curtain-Fixture, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide an improved, useful, and artistic decoration for windows and interior walls of buildings. The said invention consists of a skeleton-frame of wire or other suitable material, so made'tha-t it may be hung directly upon the interior casing of the Window, and be firmly supported in place by the casing, and needing no other fastening or support, as shown in Figure 2 of the drawing accompanying and forming part ofthis specification. The frame is further so constructed that a covering of any desirable material may be attached to it by means of the wire a a a a a a, or equivalent device, running around the entire frame, a little within the outer wires or edge, from the upper part or Wire of which edge depend the meta-l points a ad, which bite into the top of the windowcasing and amply secure the frame of the docoration thereto. The covering, being stretched or placed upon the face of the frame or groundwork, is sewed, clasped, or attached by means I of adhesive compounds, to these inner wires and the face of the frame, as is more clearly shown in the sectional drawing, Fig. 3. The frame and covering or frame ground-work of any desirable material being established, artistic and ornamental designs of any desired material or kind are placed thereon, or may be attached to the frame direct, when their the purpose of holding character is such as to obviate the necessity for an interposed covering on which to place them. An example of one style of these decorations is shown in the drawing, Fig. 4 they are infinitely varied to suit the taste of any user, both in form and material.

Fig. 1 of the drawing is a general view of the frame-work of my device, in which I) b is a rod attached within the top of the main frame, and on the rod are placed the hooks c c c c c c; the rod and hooks are intended to support the Window-draperyor draped curtains. The wires 61 cl d 61 in Fig. 1 of the drawing are attached to the top of the frame, and so arranged that they may be bent to any desired position, for

the roller of the rollcurtain, as shown.

I claim as my invention- 1. A window-cornice, of Wire or other equivalent material, hax'ing substantially the coutour, a described, and provided with the parts or pieces a and b, all united and adapted to receive an outer covering or ornamental design, in the manner substantially as described and set forth.

2. In combination with the above-described cornice, the wires cl (1, secured to the upper part thereof, and extending downward and inward, and having eyes at their ends to receive the journals of a curtain-roller, in the manner substantially as described and set forth.

THEODORE H. DIBBLE. Witnesses O. G. ROEBLING, CHARLES SWAN. 

